Dorymyrmex
E418934
Dorymyrmex is a genus of small, fast-moving ants commonly known as cone ants or pyramid ants, recognized for the distinctive conical shape of their propodeum and their widespread presence in arid and open habitats.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorymyrmex canonical | 3 |
| Dorymyrmex insanus | 2 |
| Dorymyrmex bicolor | 1 |
| Dorymyrmex bureni | 1 |
| Dorymyrmex pyramicus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4105180 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorymyrmex Context triple: [Dolichoderinae, includesGenus, Dorymyrmex]
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A.
Brachymyrmex
Brachymyrmex is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants commonly known as rover ants, found primarily in the Americas.
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B.
Technomyrmex
Technomyrmex is a genus of small, often invasive dolichoderine ants widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Pogonomyrmex
Pogonomyrmex is a genus of New World harvester ants known for their seed-collecting behavior, painful stings, and adaptation to arid and semi-arid environments.
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D.
Crematogaster
Crematogaster is a large and diverse genus of arboreal ants commonly known as acrobat ants, noted for their distinctive heart-shaped gasters and widespread distribution.
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E.
Myrmica
Myrmica is a genus of small, often reddish ants widely distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, known for their complex social behavior and diverse nesting habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorymyrmex Target entity description: Dorymyrmex is a genus of small, fast-moving ants commonly known as cone ants or pyramid ants, recognized for the distinctive conical shape of their propodeum and their widespread presence in arid and open habitats.
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A.
Brachymyrmex
Brachymyrmex is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants commonly known as rover ants, found primarily in the Americas.
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B.
Technomyrmex
Technomyrmex is a genus of small, often invasive dolichoderine ants widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Pogonomyrmex
Pogonomyrmex is a genus of New World harvester ants known for their seed-collecting behavior, painful stings, and adaptation to arid and semi-arid environments.
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D.
Crematogaster
Crematogaster is a large and diverse genus of arboreal ants commonly known as acrobat ants, noted for their distinctive heart-shaped gasters and widespread distribution.
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E.
Myrmica
Myrmica is a genus of small, often reddish ants widely distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, known for their complex social behavior and diverse nesting habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToTribe | Leptomyrmecini ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| colonyStructure |
monogynous in many species
ⓘ
polygynous in some species ⓘ |
| coloration |
blackish
ⓘ
brown ⓘ yellowish ⓘ |
| commonName |
cone ants
ⓘ
pyramid ants ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
ⓘ
Philip Reese Uhler ⓘ |
| diet |
omnivorous
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ tends honeydew-producing Hemiptera ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
generalist forager
ⓘ
soil-disturbing insect ⓘ |
| family | Formicidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior |
diurnal
ⓘ
surface foraging ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Nearctic region
ⓘ
Neotropical region ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fast-moving workers
ⓘ
monomorphic workers ⓘ produces defensive chemicals instead of stinging ⓘ reduced sting ⓘ single conical tubercle on propodeum ⓘ small body size ⓘ workers with single petiole node ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Dorymyrmex bicolor
ⓘ
linked to:
Dorymyrmex
Dorymyrmex bureni ⓘ
linked to:
Dorymyrmex
Dorymyrmex insanus ⓘ
linked to:
Dorymyrmex
Dorymyrmex pyramicus ⓘ
linked to:
Dorymyrmex
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
open ground
ⓘ
soil ⓘ under stones ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| propodeumShape | conical ⓘ |
| subfamily | Dolichoderinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
arid habitats
ⓘ
disturbed habitats ⓘ open habitats ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ semi-deserts ⓘ |
| workerSizeRange | approximately 1.5–3.5 mm ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1874 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dorymyrmex Description of subject: Dorymyrmex is a genus of small, fast-moving ants commonly known as cone ants or pyramid ants, recognized for the distinctive conical shape of their propodeum and their widespread presence in arid and open habitats.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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